Boris Khmelnitsky
Boris Khmelnitsky was a popular Russian actor of film and theatre and a member of the legendary Taganka company under directorship of Yuriy Lyubimov. He was born Boris Alekseevich Khmelnitsky on June 27, 1940, in Ussuriisk, a small town near Vladivostok in the Far East of the Soviet Union. His father, Aleksei Khmelnitsky, was a ranking officer in the Soviet Red Army who was manager of several Army clubs in the USSR. Young Khmelnitsky was brought up in a rather privileged environment; since childhood, he studied literature, arts, and music, and enjoyed a special atmosphere of his father's circle. He studied music at Lvov College of Music, graduating in 1961 as orchestral conductor, then studied acting at Shchukin Theatrical school in Moscow, graduating in 1966 as an actor. In 1966, he made his film debut in 'Kto vernetsa - dolyubit' by director Leonid Osyka. Khmelnitsky shot to popularity with roles in _Sofiya Perovskaya (1967)_ by director Lev Arnshtam, and in _Krasnaya palatka (1970)_. In the USSR, he was best known as Robin Hood in Strely Robin Guda (1975), and later reprized the role in The Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe (1983). From 1964 to 1984 Khmelnitsky was a member of the troupe under directorship of Yuriy Lyubimov at the Taganka Theatre company in Moscow. There his stage partners were Vladimir Vysotskiy, Leonid Filatov, Venyamin Smekhov, Alla Demidova, Zinaida Slavina, Ivan Dykhovichnyy, Boris Galkin, Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov, Valeriy Zolotukhin, Natalya Sayko, Nikolay Gubenko, Zhanna Bolotova, Nina Shatskaya, Leonid Yarmolnik, and other notable Russian actors. During the 60s and 70s, Khmelnitsky played leading roles in Taganka productions, such as 'Pugachev' and 'Master i Margarita', a stage adaptation of the eponymous book by Mikhail A. Bulgakov. He also wrote music for several Taganka productions. Boris Khmelnitsky enjoyed recognition in the former Soviet Union, and was part of the intellectual milieu known as "the 60s generation." He was designated People's Actor of Russia (2000). He died of a chronic illness on February 16, 2008, and was laid to rest next to his parents in Kuntsevskoe cemetery in Moscow, Russia. He is survived by his ex-wife Marianna Vertinskaya and their daughter Darya Khmelnitskaya.
The Red Tent
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Iron & Blood: The Legend of Taras Bulba
as uncreditedSet in the 16th century, this is a story about Ukraine's Cossack warriors and their campaign to...
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Savage Hunt of King Stakh
as Ales' VoronaA mystical drama based on a story by V. Korotkevich. The film is set in out-of-the-way...
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Jonathan of the Bears
as Religious MercenaryA young boy witnesses his parents' murder. Later, as he grows up, he befriends a bear in the...
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Comedy of Lysistrata
as uncreditedLysistrata led the women of ancient Greece in forcing men to stop the war, that was devastating...
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The Eve of Ivan Kupalo
as PetroPetro is a modest farmhand living in an impoverished village in some unspecified long-ago era....
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Love Awaits Those Who Return
as uncredited1941. The soldier, a young poet takes the wounded commander out of the battlefield. The...
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The Career of Arturo Ui
as uncreditedWhen the powerful of this world give a small scoundrel the opportunity to become a big scoundrel...
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At the Beginning of Glorious Days
as uncreditedLate 17th century. With no access to the sea, Russia suffers great losses in foreign trade....
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Tragedy, Rock Style
as Dmitriy Ivanovich's FriendVitya is a teenage rock-music and motorbike fanatic whose father is arrested for embezzlement....
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The Ballad of the Valiant Knight Ivanhoe
as Robin HoodIvanhoe is the story of one of the remaining Saxon noble families at a time when the nobility in...
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The Arrows of Robin Hood
as Robin HoodWith a traditional archery contest, the winner wins a silver arrow with gold lace and gold...
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Ordinary story
as Count NovinskiyThe film is a play based on the novel “An Ordinary History” by Ivan Goncharov directed by the...
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The Caravan Of Death
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The Black Arrow
as Lord ShorebyAdventurous movie based on classical Robert Louis Stevenson novel.
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Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Ladder of Vladimir the Red Sun
as Svyatoslav / Erik, King of SwedenThe second part of Bulat Mansurov's planned epic film series; “The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars"....
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Savraska
as CaptainA young boy nick-named Savraska after his last name (Savrasov) is desperately trying to get...
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Defying Everybody
as NikanorThe movie takes us through the trials and tribulations of Petar I Petrovic, the man who united...
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Antarctic Tale
as uncreditedThe events of the film take place in the early sixties of the XX century, when the exploration...
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Sofiya Perovskaya
as Nikolay KibalchichA biopic, looking at one of the major leaders of the assassination of Czar Alexander II.
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Sultan Beybars
as Sultan KutuzThe second part of a historical film dilogy based on the story “Emshan” by Maurice Simashko. ...
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Sing a Song, Poet
as uncleAbout the life and work of the poet Sergei Yesenin, his connection with his native country, its...
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Interception
as uncreditedA top American spy is in charge of a delicate mission. The USA plans to infiltrate several...
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Beybars
as Sultan KutuzThe first part of a historical film dilogy based on the story “Emshan” by Maurice Simashko. ...
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The Adventures of Quentin Durward, Marksman of the Royal Guard
as RomaFrance, XV century. The young Scot, striving to make his worthy efforts, is kindly treated by...
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The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars: The Tale of Saint Olga
as uncreditedThe first part of Bulat Mansurov's planned epic film series; “The Saga of the Ancient Bulgars"....
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Etudes on Vrubel
as Semyon GaydukFilm about the painter Mikhail Vrubel's years in Kyiv, from a Sergei Parajanov script.
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A Story of the Forest: Mavka
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In Search of Captain Grant
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